For decades, ex-government agent Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) has been one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives. Brokering shadowy deals for criminals across the globe, Red was known by many as "The Concierge of Crime."

Now, he's mysteriously surrendered to the FBI with an explosive offer: he will help catch a long-thought-dead terrorist, Ranko Zamani, under the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth "Liz" Keen, an FBI proﬁler fresh out of Quantico. For Liz, it's going to be one hell of a ﬁrst day on the job.

What follows is a twisting series of events as the race to stop a terrorist begins. What are Red's true intentions? Why has he chosen Liz, a woman with whom he seemingly has no connection? Does Liz have secrets of her own?

Zamani, we come to ﬁnd out, is only the ﬁrst of many on a list that Red has compiled over the years: a "blacklist" of politicians, mobsters, spies and international terrorists. He will help catch them all... with the caveat that Liz continues to work as his partner. Red will teach Liz to think like a criminal and "see the bigger picture"... whether she wants to or not.

From writer/executive producer Jon Bokenkamp ("Taking Lives") and executive producers John Eisendrath ("Alias," "My Own Worst Enemy") and John Davis ("Gulliver's Travels," "Predator") comes a global thriller that will become more mysterious with each name on the list. One-hour drama.

Kind of sounds like a Silence of the Lambs knock off, but I do like James Spader. NBC seems to be spending some big bucks on its lineup for next year...a lot of these shows have big actors, or big effects with big budgets.

NBC seems to be spending some big bucks on its lineup for next year...a lot of these shows have big actors, or big effects with big budgets.

They will move each show from one time slot to another, only to move them to a different day and yet another time slot, and then be baffled why good acting and good writing doesn't get better ratings, and will cancel the shows after a year or two. NBC cannot get out of its own way.

I saw a tweet the other day from some comedian that said something like, 'this just in...NBC cancels NBC'